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#1 New Release in History, Reference, and Trivial & Fun Facts ─ Entertaining Trivia Nights in a BookFans of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader and the Guinness Book of World Records will achieve trivia mastery and dominance with We Don't Know Either: Trivia Night Done Right.More than a fact book: Building on the increasing popularity of pub trivia and mobile trivia apps We Don't Know Either: Trivia Night Done Right brings you the entertaining format of City Trivia anywhere you want. City Trivia's format is packed with trivia entertainment in five rounds of questions and four bonus rounds, including puzzles, pictures, fill-in-the-blank challenges, and even music rounds. Divide into teams, pick your most (or least) entertaining friend to host and prepare for two hours of fun per chapter. You just might learn something interesting to say when you're out and about next weekend. Packed with exciting, fun, head-scratching trivia to play and laugh with, We Don't Know Either: Trivia Night Done Right is your how-to guide for a lively and humorous night of trivia at home or at your favorite bar or restaurant.A perfect book for trivia nights and special occasions: Create your own fun and entertaining event with this unique trivia book that guides you through rounds of trivia fun and humor. This book will help you liven up a family night or make a special event, such as a birthday or wedding, even more memorable by bringing people together with trivia. The book's host commentary will introduce you to the trivia while guiding you through the games with humor and wit. As the folks at City Trivia say, “We've Got Questions, You've Got Answers!” Get ready to have fun and learn something new with We Don't Know Either: Trivia Night Done Right.We Don't Know Either will:Provide a fun game that will unleash your competitive streaksEnhance your knowledge on a wide range of topics, both mundane and truly bizarreEntertain you with witty comments and interesting factsImprove your pub trivia nightPub trivia has never been more fun!

More than 150 new fun facts to delight, befuddle and amaze, from the bestselling author of Why Do Roller Coasters Make You Puke? This bizarre and baffling trivia collection with delight and intrigue readers, with answers to age-old questions like who was Dr. Pepper and what causes new-car smell? Written by the bestselling author of Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?, this new collection has 150 more curious questions and astounding answers. Perfect for any trivia junkie or fun fact connoisseur, this jam-packed book explains the answers to the questions you've always wondered, like why dogs have wet noses, why tornados never hit big cities, if vegetarians live longer, if it's bad to “crack” your knuckles, and much more.

Snapple's “Real Facts” have appeared on more than one billion Snapple caps since the initiative began in 2001. Now, two trivia experts have culled the very best and added a host of other trivia to create The Snapple Aptitude Test. Featuring one thousand questions, it challenges readers to test their knowledge of history, geography, science, pop culture, sports, health, literature, and technology. And when the pencils go down, the scoring begins. Achieve 1,000-point perfection and be forever known as a “Real Genius.” But score a 9 or under and your new alias will be “Cro-Magnon.”Ready to try a few Snapple Aptitude Test questions?1. In what year did Christopher Columbus set eyes on mainland North America?a)1490; b) 1493; c) 1492; d) he never did2. What celestial object is on Alaska's state flag?a)Saturn; b) the Big Dipper; c) Halley's Comet; d) the moon3. Which of the following was not the title of a James Michener novel? a) Texas; b) Arizona; c) Alaska; d) HawaiiBacked by the full weight of Snapple's PR and marketing teams, The Snapple Aptitude Test will be a must-have for fans of Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy!, Schott's Original Miscellany and quiz bowls everywhere.Answers: 1) d; 2) b; 3) bSnapple™ and the Snapple sun logo are trademarks of Snapple Beverage Corp. and are used under license. © 2005 Snapple Beverage

There are more incredibly pointless and delightfully entertaining things to discover in this new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, a must-have for trivia enthusiasts and a perfect white elephant gift.You probably never knew...• It is estimated that half of the world's spider species have yet to be discovered.• November 15 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.And did you really ever have to know...• The whiskers on a harbor seal are known as “vibrissae”?• Modern scholars believe Isaac Newton may have had Asperger's syndrome?• In the 1920s, Hollywood made twice as many films a year as it does today?

What happens to recalled meat?What's the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer?How do you stop a lava flow?Does homeowner's insurance cover murder?And what is Ovaltine anyway?Answers to these and other fascinating questions you never thought to ask, from the writers at Slate MagazineAn entertaining and genuinely informative compilation of answers to some of life's most improbable questions, from the writers of the online magazine Slate. Often inspired by events in the news, the “Explainer” column asks the questions we never think to ask, or that we're too embarrassed to admit we don't know how to answer. Filling in these overlooked blanks of our daily lives, the book provides memorable tidbits for conversations, further rumination, or important context as we follow current events from day to day. Full of fascinating information about unlikely but important subjects, The Explainer will entertain and inform anyone who has ever stopped to wonder who runs Antarctica, how cell phones can reveal your location, or whether one can live off lizard meat.

If you consider yourself a trivia expert, Uncle John has created the perfect book for you.Who knows more about trivia than the folks at the Bathroom Readers'Institute? Nobody, that's who! With more than 300 pages of fascinating facts arranged in a fun quiz format, Uncle John's Presents the Ultimate Challenge Trivia Quiz will test your knowledge on a variety of subjects...and then you can stump your friends! Some sample questions:What are pato, shinty, and hapkido?What are the two moons of Mars called?Where would you find a fetlock?In what country would you find the world's smallest mammal?Want the answers? Buy the book! (Just kidding. Here they are: sports; Phobos and Deimos; just above a horse's hoof; and Thailand, where you'll find the tiny bumblebee bat.) You'll find thousands more fun questions (and answers) in Uncle John's Presents the Ultimate Challenge Trivia Quiz!

Enjoy the best, most challenging, and most popular questions from the hit Discovery show Cash Cab—and they're all no fare.The fast-paced, fact-driven, backseat game show fans can now play without hailing a taxi!This fun and engaging book features:• Organized for easy one-on-one read-along trivia, or game playing mode• Hundreds of multiple-choice questions that vary in degrees of difficulty for novice trivia buffs to frontseat know-it-alls• Popular'red-light challenges'and'shout-outs'• Page after page of trivia sidebars and fascinating facts• Cash Cab host Ben Bailey's favorite places to visit in New York

Take a quiz while you take a whiz! Test your smarts and then stump your friends with this collection of diabolical questions and answers that could only come from the trivia masters at the Bathroom Readers'Institute. Sure, everyone knows the Pilgrims sailed to the New World on the Mayflower, but how many people know what that ship smelled like? And it's a somewhat-known fact that Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics to the Star Trek theme song, but few people know why he wrote them. Do you? Learn the answer to both of these conundrums—and hundreds more—and expand your knowledge on a wide array of topics including science, history, politics, sports, entertainment, language, and more. The questions may seem impossible, but the answers are just a page away!

From the brains behind the New York Times'bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. Just when you thought that it was safe to start showing off again, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are back with another busload of mistakes and misunderstandings. Here is a new collection of simple, perfectly obvious questions you'll be quite certain you know the answers to. Whether it's history, science, sports, geography, literature, language, medicine, the classics, or common wisdom, you'll be astonished to discover that everything you thought you knew is still hopelessly wrong. For example, do you know who made the first airplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What was the first dishwasher built to do? What color are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? Whatever your answers to the questions above, you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong. The Second Book of General Ignorance is the essential text for everyone who knows they don't know everything, and an ideal stick with which to beat people who think they do.

Learn the facts on some popular myths so you'll be able to decide whether that smart-sounding person is spouting knowledge, or they're just full of it.Do you want the real facts to counter and correct the steaming piles of myth and misinformation you hear all the time? This fascinating collection from the founder of Listverse.com tells exactly what you need to know so the next time you hear someone repeat one of these common falsehoods, you'll be ready to call bullshit on:•Mary Magdalene was a prostitute•Your heart stops when you sneeze•Crime increases during a full moon•A goldfish's memory lasts only a few seconds•It was illegal to drink alcohol during Prohibition•Chameleons change color as camouflage•Slaves built the pyramids in Egypt•Decaf coffee has no caffeine•Buddha was fat

Trick or trivia? Fun for all ages! Fact or fiction? What's real? What's not? The questions become a fun test of wits for know-it-alls and know-nothings in this ingenious collection of slightly skewed trivia quizzes devised by a self-proclaimed trivia expert to challenge players in every topic - from movies and sports to art, history, and politics. What do they really know? What do they think they know? And how easily can they be fooled as they're challenged by famous quotes and misquotes, suspect statistics, and famous (and tweaked) historical events? Perfect for get-together games with friends and family, or hours of solo enjoyment, this is the unique trivia book that will have players yelling'GOTCHA!'

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A shockingly counterintuitive book of trivia that cuts through the misconceptions that most of us call “facts” to show how wrong we are about... well, everything.“Trivia buffs and know-it-alls alike will exult to find so much repeatable wisdom gathered in one place.”—The New York TimesThink Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again. Challenging commonly held assumptions in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more, The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of verifiably true answers to seemingly easy questions, like:Who was the first American president?Peyton Randolph. How long can a chicken live without its head?About two years.How many legs does a centipede have?Not a hundred.How many toes does a two-toed sloth have?It's either six or eight.Check out The Book of General Ignorance for fun entries and complete answers to these and many more questions. You'll be surprised at how much you don't know!

Warning: the truth can be shocking, seductive, offensive, outrageous...even disgusting!Are you perplexed by the mysteries of the universe, confounded by the workings of the human body, prone to pondering the great imponderables? At long last, the answers are here for every inquiring mind that's not afraid to face up to the cold, hard facts of life. The author who brought you That Book... of Perfectly Useless Information now addresses the quirky, the eclectic, and the essential conundrums of our age in Why Girls Can't Throw... and Other Questions You Always Wanted Answered, including:What's the kindest way to tell a friend he has halitosis?Is it cheaper to send yourself as a package to Australia rather than fly on an airplane?Are there any benefits to smoking?Is it true that Keith Richards used to regularly replace all the blood in his body?

You can fool some of the people all of the time—but wouldn't you rather really know what you're talking about? Why are conservatives on the “right” and liberals on the “left”? What is an archetype? Most people drop these and other cultural references in conversation all the time without really knowing much about them. But with this witty, information-packed book, you can quickly bone up on the actual facts behind the multitude of data, events, and words that come at you each day—and that you've been casually bandying about without really understanding. Here are invaluable explanations of a wide range of topics that are assumed to be common knowledge, from deciphering newsspeak (What is a spin doctor?) to psychobabble (What's the difference between the ego and the id?) to cyberlingo (What is cyberlingo?); from the supposedly obvious (What makes cholesterol good or bad?) to the deceptively simple (What is a formula race car?). Perfect as a quick reference tool, for browsing, or simply for sharing impressive, newfound knowledge with family and friends, this handbook will endow you with genuine cultural literacy in just a few hours of fun-filled reading.

Can you name...Newton's 3 laws of motion?The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse?The 5 pillars of Islam? The 6 wives of Henry VIII?The 7 kinds of plane triangles? The 8 Beatitudes?If you're not sure about the answers to the above, this is the book for you. A compendium of 101 culturally significant particulars from the fields of mythology, religion, literature, history, science, mathematics, art, and music, What Are the 7 Wonders of the World? is a stimulating fusion of facts and fun that makes for an invaluable reference and an entertaining diversion.Questions are grouped in sections according to the number of items in their answer (all the 3s, all the 4s, all the 5s, etc.), so that the answers are in the form of easily memorized lists. You won't find Luther's 95 theses, or the 264 Popes, for example, but you will find everything from the 3 sons of Adam and Eve all the way up to the 24 letters of the ancient Greek alphabet. This clever format lends itself well to quizzing and guessing, which gives it a deliciously sophisticated parlor-game quality. But for those who wish to delve a little deeper, there are thoughtful essays to go with each answer that include fascinating details and place the list in its larger cultural or historical context. Much more than a book of trivia, What Are the 7 Wonders of the World? offers a grand overview of the knowledge needed to appreciate many of the finest things in our cultural and intellectual life.